This essay appears in audio format at the beginning of The Portal Podcast, Episode 41. Hello all.  The subject of this audio essay is my absence, the tech platforms, the 2020 election, Jean Seberg and, oddly enough, article 58 of the former Soviet Union’s Russian Penal Code.  I don’t want to say too much quite … Continue reading My absence, the tech platforms, the 2020 election, Jean Seberg, and Article 58